Otr Performance
5 Tips to prepare your truck for short/long term storage
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:04:40
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Synopsis
Whatever the case, you need to properly prepare your truck for downtime. In this blog post, we will be sharing our insight on how downtime affects your truck(s) and what you can do to make sure that when you come back to it you aren’t facing any issues. 1st Tip: Change oil, add fuel stabilizer The lifeblood of your truck is the fluid systems. Assuming you are not lucky enough to store your truck in a climate-controlled facility, the truck is going to see a wide variety of temperatures. Do a fresh oil change, a coolant flush, top off the fuel tanks, and add stabilizer. I would even suggest replacing your water/fuel filters to ensure condensation does not build up over time. 2nd Tip: Hookup trickle charger if possible or use main shut off switch Now, it’s also important to know that even though your truck won’t be running the electrical system will still be active. There may be tiny draws but over time they can run the battery capacity down, leaving you with no power to start the truck back up when tha